The Saigon River is dying. The pride and sustenance of Ho Chi Minh City is
severely contaminated with wastewater and urgent steps have to be taken to save
it, experts said at a workshop Tuesday (November 26).

Drilling deeper wells (the “dig deep” strategy) has become common in the
search for clean water that is used for drinking, agriculture, and industry—but
new research shows that even deep wells might not be arsenic-free.

HCMC – Many rural areas in Vietnam will have clean water as the French
Development Agency (AFD) plans to provide 90-110 million euros, or US$114-139
million, each year for building and expanding the clean water supply
systems

Hanoi - The unplanned exploitation and poor management of underground water
are leading to a fast fall in its levels in Vietnam, government officials said
Monday. Do Tien Hung, director of the Centre for Water Resources Planning and
Investigation, said "some negative impacts have appeared" from the falling
water levels.

Vietnam is a nation crisscrossed by rivers and streams and has one of the
longest coastlines in the world: Water is everywhere, yet there is hardly a
safe drop to drink, with even much of the bottled water contaminated.